Churn



(No Model.) H B & T LYNES.

GHURN.

No. 405,577. Patented June 18, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY B. LYNES AND EZRA T. LYNES, OF XVICHITA, KANSAS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 405,577, dated June 18,1889.

Application filed January 25,1889. Serial No. 297,524. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY B. LYNEs and EZRA T. LYNEs, citizens of theUnited States, residing at \Vichita, in the county of Sedgwick and Stateof Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combined Churnand Egg-Beater, of which the follow ing is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in churns and egg-heaters; and itconsists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side View of our improvedchurn and eggbeater. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig.3 is a detail view of the journal-boX of the driving-shaft. Fig. 4 is adetail section on line 00 0c of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the base supportedupon suitable legs B, and of proper dimensions. At the sides of the baseand near the opposite ends of the same we erect the standards 0 O, whichare connected by the longitudinal beams or braces D D, as shown. Thestandards near one end of the baseare connected at their upper ends bythe cross-bars E, and the dasher-shaft F has its upper end fitted incurved recesses G in the edges of these cross-bars, and is provided witha grooved pulley H between the said cross-bars.

To the rear sides of the cross-bars E we secure the journal-boxes I, inwhich an idler J is mounted.

The driving-shaft K is mounted in bearings on the longitudinal beams D,and carries the grooved driving-pulley L, around which the belt M.passes. This belt M is crossed between the driving-pulley and the idlerand then passes over and under the idler, as shown. The front portion ofthe belt passes around the pulley H on the dasher-shaft, so as totransmit motion thereto, as will be readily understood. Thedriving-shaft is provided at one end with a crank-handle N, and isjournaled in adjustable bearing-boxes 0, secured on the upper sides ofthe longitudinal. beams D. a metallic strap doubled on itself to providethe bearing-loop for the shaft, and having the arms Q, extending fromsaid loop, provided These beaiingboxes O consist of with a series ofperforations R. The bearings are held in place by the keeper-plates S,secured on the upper side of the beams D, and the pins T insertedthrough one end of the keeper-plate and one of the perforations in thebearings. By this construction the position of the driving-shaft can beshifted so as to tighten the belt, as will be readily understood.

The base is provided on its upper side, near one end, with thetransverse bar or stop U, having a curved notch or recess in oneedgeadapted to receive the body of the churn or egg-beater.

The dasher-shaft is provided at and near its lower end with a series ofradial breakerpins V, which are adapted to agitate the contents of thebody and thereby beat the eggs or effect the churnin The pins arearranged so as to form aspiral series and thus produce an upward currentof the contents of the body when the device is in use.

WV designates a loop or ring, which passes across the end of one of thebreaker-pins, 75 and has its ends secured to the dasher-shaft, so as toprovide additional means for agitating the contents of the body andthereby hasten the desired results.

The body may be of any desired construction, and is provided with a lidX, from the under side of which depend the breakers Y, against which thecontents of the body are thrown by the breaker-pins in the operation ofthe device. These breakers serve to more thoroughly break up thecontents of the body, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description the operation of our device will bereadily understood. The body is placed in position and the eggs to bebeaten or the cream to be churned is placed therein, and after the lidhas been placed on the body the driving-shaft is rotated, and the motionof the said shaft will be transmitted to the driving-shaft through thepulleys and the belt, as will be understood.

The device is composed of few parts and is very compactly arranged. Itis very efficient in its operation and requires very little power tooperate it. When the belt has become loose from constant use, thedriving-shaft is shifted, as before stated, to tighten the belt.

By the use of the idler the driving-belt is caused to almost completelyencircle the driving-pulley, and thus a larger portion of the beltreceives its motion directly from the driving-pulley.

Having thus described our invention,\vhat We claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the supporting-frame, the dasher-shaft mountedtherein, the drivingshaft, the idler between the driving-shaft and thedasher-shaft, the bearing-boxes for the driving-shaft, consisting ofmetallic straps bent to form the bearing-loops for the. driving-shaft,and the arms extending from said loops and provided with a series ofperforations, the keeper-plates secured on the upper side of thesupporting-frame and passing over the bearings for the driving-shaft,and the 20 securing-pins passed through the said keeperplates and one ofthe perforations in the arms of the bearings for the driving-shaft, asspecified.

2. The combination of the frame, the bearing-boxes thereon, consistingof straps doubled on themselves to form bearing-loops, and armsextending from. said loops, the keeper-plates secured to the frame andextending over the bearing-boxes, and the pins passing verticallythrough the ends of the keeper-plates and through the arms of thebearing-boxes into the frame, substantially as specified.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own we have heretoaffixed our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY B. LYNES. EZRA T. LYNES. Witnesses:

R. D. SEAMAN, I. T. BLACK.

